Chihayafuru 2 episode 11

I must admit that I didn’t see this coming, plus I’m also glad that we didn’t really focus on Arata that much during this episode. He kind of pissed me off with that personality of his. That guy is so incredibly passive, which makes it all the stranger that he’s playing such a competitive game.

Criticism aside, I was actually glad that someone opened his mouth. I, too, noticed that the first years are gradually taking over. Yuusei finally decided to speak his mind after Tsutomu spends more and more time on the side-line watching the matches. Why bother? That guy is gathering valuable information that continues to help them win matches. Does it really matter if he plays or not? He contributes in his own way. Even Sumire decided to help out by gathering (useless) information on their opponents. Knowledge is half the work.

I’m pretty sure that this had a positive impact on the team. Yuusei spoke his mind, Tsutomu is not backing down and Sumire is slowly starting to help out as well. I just wish they would start calling Yuusei by his name instead of his nickname, “porky”. It was funny at first, but the humour has pretty much died down due to overuse.

Anyway, I’ll be looking forward to next week’s episode. It’ll be interesting to see if they opponents are either cocky or just clueless. I myself hope they’re cocky, because the idiotic five could certainly use a challenge right about now. And I mean a real a challenge, one where they barely win by a card or two.